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Andy Culpepper -> RE: Padauk guitar (Apr. 20 2012 12:30:52)
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Anthony, I can't see that picture...
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I do like the aged padauk look, I'm not a huge fan when it is fresh crimson red looking. What do you plan on filling those pores with Andy?
The colour can bleed pretty badly when hit with alcohol.
Normally I fill pores with 30 min epoxy and then scrape back down to bare wood. Then I seal everything with a piece of t-shirt, keeping color off the purflings... it can't bleed that much more than Indian can it?? [:)]
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Yeah, be carefull when giving the first coat of sealer. It bleaches a lot. Also that orange dust is very sticky and very difficult to get rid of.
Padauk gets very dull when exposed to ligt. Kind of greyish brown. But besides that, its a great tonewood. I dont think you can compare it to cypress. Its a lot heavyer.
My friend made a padauk steel string and 4 years later it is a nice deep brown with a reddish glow.. looks really nice to me.
Yes Padauk is its own thing, not very closely related to rosewood but the sound is in the same ballpark.
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Padauk is more akin to Brazilian rosewood, at least the pieces I've held are. Very active and bright tap tone. Rang for days. Not at all like cypress. My teacher, Alan Carruth was building a guitar out of it years ago when I was studying with him and I remember it was prone to splitting. His set was very well quartered and definitely a kickass set of wood but it drove him nuts.
It can oxidize down to a nice deep brown eventually, although depending on the finish it might be a bit grey like Anders experienced.
The bright orange is a turn off for me but I've been thinking it might be worth trying for bridges.
It is very splitty. That fact actually contributed to me putting a one inch gash in my thumb with a chisel. Of course being an idiot was also a small factor [:D]
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